US EditionSupreme Court Rejects Appeal to Overturn Landmark Decision Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
The Supreme Court upheld the 2015 ruling after denying Kim Davis's appeal to avoid paying $360,000 in damages for refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
- The justices, without comment, rejected a bid by Kim Davis, former Rowan County clerk , who refused to issue marriage licenses after Obergefell v. Hodges .
- After refusing to issue licenses on religious grounds, Kim Davis, former Rowan County clerk , appealed following a $360,000 damages order for denying a couple a marriage license.
- Her lawyers cited Justice Clarence Thomas's call to erase the ruling, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett recently noted same-sex marriage may differ due to reliance, and Chief Justice John Roberts remains silent.
- By declining to hear the appeal, the Supreme Court left lower-court rulings intact and preserved Obergefell v. Hodges, with Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson praising the decision.
- Long ago, Kim Davis, former Rowan County clerk , was jailed for contempt before Rowan County staff issued licenses and the Kentucky legislature removed county clerks' names on state marriage licenses; Davis lost reelection in 2018.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected a call to revoke its historic decision that legalized same-sex marriage across the country. Judges, without comment, rejected the appeal of Kim Davis, Kentucky’s former court secretary who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the Supreme Court ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case in 2015. Davis had been trying to have the court revoke an order from a lower court forcin…
Supreme Court Declined to Hear an Appeal to Overturn its Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court rejected to hear an appeal on Monday to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage. The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson praised the decision saying, “the Supreme Court made clear today that refusing to respect the …
SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.
Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The justices on Monday turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling.
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